Talk:Group mind (science fiction)

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I think it would be wise to add to List of Group Minds only if you have read the book or seen the movie or whatever, so that you can write a cogent sentence about it. Not that mine are all cogent, mind you. --David.alex.lamb 21:37, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I just found hive mind, with which I should merge all this stuff. For some reason I didn't think of it as a synonym until seeing a reference to the Bord as a hive mind. --David.alex.lamb 22:09, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I decided to move the hive mind fiction list here, since the hive mind page needs to become a disambiguation page. --David.alex.lamb 23:39, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

In the list of non-hive group minds, the bullet points on Neon Genesis Evangelion and Serial Experiments Lain seem like major, major spoilers. Maybe give a warning or omit those? I'm not familiar with either one, but they both seem to refer to major occurences in the final episodes.--216.43.17.100 19:25, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Are they really hives?

I am unfamiliar with most of the items in the list of hive minds, which came from the old hive mind article. Are some of them actually non-Hive group minds? For example, what about Gaia and Galaxia? --David.alex.lamb 00:27, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I've moved the Conjoiners and Edenists to the second list. (BTW, Asimov's Gaia seems to appear in both lists...) I also think the article should perhaps be expanded to take this second list into account. While true "hive minds" are (apparently) more plentiful in sci-fi than groups that think together to some lesser degree, this article still just seems to be "hive mind" under a new title. I'll look at it if and when I can; work calls. – Wisq 19:12, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protoss

The Protoss in Blizzard's computer game StarCraft universe. They are completely self-conscient, but still remain linked with their society thanks to innate psionic abilities. They can use their psionic link to communicate with other members of their race and even with other creatures, such as the Zerg or human Ghosts. However, there is a part of the Protoss race which values personal mental development more than being merely a chunk of the general society. They have chosen to abandon the path of Khala and sever the communal psionic link by cutting off their nerve appendages. As an outcome they've lost the connection with the rest of the race, but instead learnt to draw power from the cosmic void. They were expelled from the Protoss homeworld of Aiur so have chosen to settle upon the planet Shakuras. They call themselves the Dark Templar, and used to be widely hated and despised by the rest of the Protoss, but finally play a great part in saving the entire race from the ravenous Zerg invaders.

Removed, for:

1. This doesn't fit in with the definition of "A group mind that is not a hive either lets individuals retain some individuality, or can itself split back up into functional individuals at need". A telepathic society isn't necessarily the same thing as a group mind.

2. Far too much irrelevant information. If this goes back in for whatever reason, it needs to be trimmed down some.

~ Eidako 21:02, 27 September 2006 (UTC)